Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-23

suppose Scott will spend much of his time be-
tween this and summer in Washington. d.
/ Wyatt Aiken, Of South Carolina, has been
sick for two years, and was not able to take
his seat in this congress. He has drawn his
salary, however, and has been chairman of the
committee on education. As such, am told,
he had clerk appointed and sworn in by
4 justice Of the peace in South Carolina; and
this action was accepted by the house, the
first instance of such case in our history.
Reid, of North Carolina, the congressman
who defaulted, is trying to get his creditors to
withdraw all papers held by them against
him and to take other notes for them, in
which case he win return to the United
States and pay his debts. He is now sup
posed to be in Canada, and If the proper ar
engagements can be made he will enter upon
the practice of law in New York Ben But
terworth. of Ohio, owns house at lie Droit
park, and he is still here Ellsberry, of Ohio,
is in California, and he viii probably stay
there. He proposes to locate near Los
Angeles, having chosen this point on &C
count Of the climate. He will enter upon the
practice OF medicine there. John Little, who
was defeated by two votes, has gone back to
the practice Of law at Zenia, o., and Hill,
the offices would not go round, returns to his
law practice at Defiance.
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There are no colored members in the next
congress, neither Smalls nor O'Hara being
returned. O'Hara, it is said, proposes to start
q newspaper, and SIS for SmallS, he is said to
be in good circumstances and is thinking
about getting married AS to his matrimo-
MID volnff0no I l,,O~, b,,k fold
et the Capitol that he was very anxious to
have one Of the cards Of admission to the
Logan funeral ceremonies which included the
members wife with the member. He told
Carlisle that, though he had no wife, he
wanted to get one as soon as possible, and
wanted this ticket to help him. In absence of
definite information as to whether Smalls is
widower or a Benedict, I give this story for
what it is worth.
Woodburn. OF Nevada, is still in Washing
ton, but intends to go to Europe shortly.
Green has left congress for the governorS;ip
Of New Jersey, and his future address will DO
Trenton. William Walter Phelps will be ell
vacation, and Glover, of Missouri, now away
on his honeymoon, has stopped at St Louis,
returning from California, and will probably
Washington with sick niece He will go
home as soon as she RECEIVERS. Perry Belmont
is in Washington visiting the departments.
Nick Muller has gone back to his business Us
an immigrant and ticket agent in New
York. Tim Campbell has been here at
tending to the interests OF his con-
and Sam Cox, in the present
condition Of his health, will probably remain
ba, until Eropt Hic0prl- IL
at home, and when he comes back to Wash
ington it will be as n senator. Viele win
again take up civil engineering, and Sessions.
of New York, will so back to jamestown ana
Inc law. *+*
Don Cameron has made another big deal in
Washington real estate He sold yesterday
for $4,000 what, am told, cost him four
years ago So, 600, making cool $4,000 Off
Of half a block Of unoccupied city property.
Senator Cameron built house on Scott circle
some years ago which, it is said, cost $4,000
He sold it about two years ago for $4,000,
and he has made other profitable real estate
investments The house he lives in cost him
about $4,000. 1t is one OF the old time resi-
dences of the capital and viii never be worth
less than he paid for it. In the mean time
Washington property is still on the increase,
anu u HuHlDer OL PROMINENT Ileii are SpeCu-
lating and investing in it. Sunset Cox will
build this summer a house costing $40, 900 just
next to the one he sold before he went to Tur
key for s5O, 900, making $4,000 by the sale.
Tom Bayne is building two
fine houses on Massachusetts, avenue, and the
Ohio millionaire, Warder, is putting up a
magnificent residence on K street, in the
most fashionable part Of the city. 1t Is now
quite the thing for the statesman to own his
house in Washington, and there are ten pub
lie men who own property now to one who
owned it ten years ago.
F. NIX g. CARPENTER.